toomuch'stash Escribi�:

I was just takin' de piss.... but srsly, you know what a dick I am online, right? the only person who's ever threatened me with physical violence was an aussie...

Haha, did you kindly point out to him that this is THE INTERNET and you're actually on the other side of the world?

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toomuch'stash Escribi�:

I was just takin' de piss.... but srsly, you know what a dick I am online, right? the only person who's ever threatened me with physical violence was an aussie...

Haha, did you kindly point out to him that this is THE INTERNET and you're actually on the other side of the world?

yes, I did... that just seemed to infuriate him all the more.

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Csar Escribi�:

Let's discuss. Let's have different opinions. Let's argue about things. That's what life should be. As Darkstar said. if we all liked the same, world wouldn't be that colorful and interesting as it is.

Full stopp.

amen to that mr csar.

Agreed, pearls of wisdom. All hail Csar!!! 8)



And thank you guys and doll for defending me.



I hope soon we can all have a big happy love puddle soon because I can't stand the arguing. Yeah, Alchemist is correct in that I do like to put a positive spin on things, but there have been times when I've been hypercritical (Come With Us, anyone?) or have taken the oath of "if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all" (for example this is not the time nor place for me to lay down which tracks I don't like). So the accusation in that regard is correct. And that's pretty much all I'm going to say because I don't want to get riled up.



The discussion here has been great, nontheless. It's cool to see the board get this much attention and I love the buzz of excitement about the new album. Let the good times roll!

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toomuch'stash Escribi�:

And crystal method were great.... for 5 minutes... after Vegas came out.

they really werent, stash. seriously.



whatever came out, i wish it would go back in.

I like Crystal Method. So. It's out!

As do I, for the most part. Anyone hear the London soundtrack? Their stuff on that are alot better than most the stuff from album 2 and 3.



Plus I bought Legion of Boom the same time I bought DYOH, which was my first Chems album. 8)

I think there is DEFINITLY a transition with do it again and Saturate (the track before). If not I will take the law into my own hands.

I have just sat here shaking my head all too many times since the track was first heard last Thursday, baffled at some of the posts in this thread (on all sides, for the record). I think sometimes ---- WOOOOOOOOOO! TAMPA SCORED!!!! LECAVALIER!!!!!!!!!!!! - oops, sorry, playoff hockey on TV --- most of us need to monitor the tone of what we're typing before hitting submit, Or use more smilies. Or not get personal. Or read other people's posts better. Or something.



Anyways, it's been amusing.



I liked the track on first listen, quite a bit. It took about 30 seconds of "What? This isn't what I expected!" before the main vocal kicked in and the song really caught me. So at least in this instance I'm not guilty of facilitating a love for the tune over time and determination to love everything Tom & Ed.



However, I certainly give my favourite artists more of a chance to win me over than acts I've never heard before, but I think that's only natural: If the majority of an artist's output appeals to you, there's a good chance that you'll like new material, even if it catches you off guard at first.



I'll freely admit that many of my favourite songs (and fave Chems songs in particular) really didn't appeal to me very much on the first (or even first dozen) listens. Nude Night didn't do anything for me until I heard it at Turnmills on NYE 2005 and that massive subbass showed me a side to the track I didn't know before. I thought The Reel was almost unlistenable noise for a LONG time. Actually, I thought that about most of Dig Your Own Hole. It wasn't until after I'd gotten into Come With Us (and a few other "electronic" artists) a year or two later and had a better appreciation of the context of the music and a better ear for the subtleties of the genre. Felt the same way about Daft Punk's 'Homework' album, too. It was just repetitive beats and all the tunes sounded the same. 'Discovery' was much more immediate for me and it caused me go to back and make sure I was paying proper attention and giving Homework a real listen.



I have virtually no attention span. It's quite common for me to tune out if I'm not hooked inside 30 seconds. But when I give music a chance or when I experience it in the right setting at the right time, I make a connection. I couldn't tolerate techno at all even 18 months ago. It just bored me silly. I love it now, because I am in a better position to appreciate the rich textures and emotional tones that aren't necessarily apparent on a first go. And so the story goes.



I don't think the situation is helped by the fact that electronic music is so splintered and subgenre-obsessed that many people seem (not just on the forum, but in general), at least to me, somewhat closed-minded and locked into their scene. In many ways, it seems more important to have underground credibility and be a hipster than engage with music that just rocks your frontal lobe. Call it the Pitchfork Magazine Syndrome, if you will. But even those pretentious snobs at Pitchfork have expanded their horizons massively over the past 18 months to include hip-hop, techno, and even pop, and I think they're far better for it.



One of the things that has kept me interested in the Chems is how wide their interests and influences span, as evidence in their DJ sets and in how different their albums are from each other.



Diversity and open-mindedness is a very splendid thing indeed.

Just got to say this:



I <3 <3 <3 this forum!!!



Carry on. :-//

I bet that thread has become as long as the Bible

Ben_j Escribi�:

I bet that thread has become as long as the Bible

... and twice as interesting and wise

Ben_j Escribi�:

I bet that thread has become as long as the Bible

Almost as contradictory and full of crap, too.

Every time Chemical Brothers release the first single from a new album, it causes so much controversy that USA vs. Iraq issue starts to seem like a joke. The Golden Path and Galvanize come to mind...

39 pages of this thread so far make me wonder why the fact that some people don't like new tracks is unacceptable for certain people. I mean... every time someone says they don't like Do It Again, someone else will get pissed off and will start arguing that it's not crap. It will then be followed by calling people names and slacking people off. Why not just let everyone have their own opinion as long as it comes with a constructive criticism, not just saying "it's the biggest and smelliest piece of crap".

anType Escribi�:

Why not just let everyone have their own opinion as long as it comes with a constructive criticism, not just saying "it's the biggest and smelliest piece of crap".

I concur wholeheartedly. There's nothing wrong with disliking it, so long as an attempt was made to understand on both its own merits and in its context and that the dislike is framed within the bounds of reasonable discourse. Yes sir, that is how I feel.



Same goes for liking the track. I suppose being on a "fan forum" it's a little more acceptable to have "woo! yeah! IT ROXORS!" posts, but I like reading indepth praise posts as well that give me a better understanding and appreciation of the track, too.

One reason:



anyone who'd slag it off in ED'S OWN THREAD should get curb service, thusly....







you don't like it, fine, you can have your shite opinion, just state it somewhere besides where it's creator was so kind to inform us about it.

Ben_j Escribi�:

Ben_j Escribi�:

I bet that thread has become as long as the Bible

... and twice as interesting and wise

2 x 0 is still 0 buddy, heheh



I'm gonna go listen to do it again again

Zane Lowe played Do It Again today as his "Hottest Track in the World" selection tonight. Looks like the Radio 1 DJs are going to hammer this one to the top again. I think if early responses are any indication, We Are The Night is going to do very well.

Listening to the extended mix now, typing as I listen. Love the way the first breakdown builds the anticipation back up but doesn't release it. Almost anticlimactic but it retains the energy. (I wanted more from this build up in the edit but it seems okay now that I've heard the "rest" of the track.) Second break builds again but doesn't explode the way I expected, but ends in a cascade of Star Trek phaser-sounding synths. Okay, cool, it's over now.



I dig the extended version more than the edit but it doesn't add THAT much on first listen. Taken on its own, the track is good but it just seems to fit into a set so well. It's very distinguishably Chems but it also seems to not be greedy, like you can still take a DJ set to an even higher, more climactic level afterwards.



What I mean is that some Chems tracks explode with so much energy that it almost automatically becomes a peak from which you need to come down and take a breather. Do It Again is a cue to step it up a notch, but you don't need to come down and enjoy the afterglow afterwards. You need to continue and, er, do it again, I guess. If that made any sense at all.



I think DJs will really be hammering this hard. I would be.

The extended mix they played really changes this from a pop track to an electric one. This is one I would think I'd dislike but I definitly like it more than i did Galvanize and even all the porn on this forum... yes believe it or not!

I wouldn't say I like it more than the porn, but I do think it's pretty good.

Can someone PLEASE mail me the extended track? navneet.anand@gmail.com



thanks again!

JacksRevenge Escribi�:

Can someone PLEASE mail me the extended track? navneet.anand@gmail.com



thanks again!

I listened to it on BBC Radio 1's website. Annie Nightingale's show, 22 minutes in.